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Presents essays on African-American issues at the end of the twentieth century including Black conservatism, despair, Black-Jewish relations, myths about Black sexuality, leadership in the Black community, and Malcolm X's legacy.

"For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare. Poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical...

"Americans of good will on both the left and the right are secretly asking themselves the same question: how has the conversation on race in America gone so crazy? We’re told read books and listen to music by people of color but that wearing certain clothes is 'appropriation.' We hear that being white automatically gives you privilege and that being Black makes you a victim. We want to speak up but fear we’ll be seen as unwoke, or worse, labeled...

A biography of world champion sprinter and NCAA-champion basketball player Marion Jones, following her quest to win four gold medals at the 1999 World Championships in track, and discussing her Olympic hopes.

"Outlines why current philanthropic strategies have failed and abolishes the myths in philanthropy and the culture to promote a more effective strategy of philanthropy that champions the insights and strengths of those being served"--

When Coach Spangler leaves at the start of their second year of junior high school, thirteen-year-old twins Tiki and Ronde wonder if his replacement, science teacher Mr. Wheeler, can coach the Eagles to another winning football season. Inspired by the childhood of NFL stars Tiki and Ronde Barber.

A white man married to a black woman, Walt Harrington has two mixed-race children. A racist joke made in the dentist's office one afternoon provoked first anger, then anguish and fear for his children as Harrington, a Washington Post Magazine staff writer, realized that the butt of the joke was not simply "those people" but his son and daughter. Crossings, which grew out of this incident, is the eye-opening story of Harrington's twenty-five-thousand-mile...